SPECTATOR SPORTS / FRIDAY 30

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.; Minnesota at Angels, Edison Field, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Lake Elsinore at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

* TENNIS: Mercedes-Benz Cup, Los Angeles Tennis Center, noon and 7:30 p.m.

* PRO BASKETBALL: Utah at Sparks, Great Western Forum, 6 p.m.; Fila Summer Pro League, Pyramid, 10:30 a.m., 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Say No Classic Summer League, West L.A. College, 6 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Del Mar, thoroughbreds, first post, 4 p.m., featuring $75,000 Wickerr Stakes; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 7:15 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR late models, race trucks, Irwindale Speedway, 7:30 p.m.

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PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* BASEBALL: Clinic for inner-city youth hosted by Manny Mota International Foundation, includes injury prevention tips, lunch, health screenings, home run contest and two hours of instruction, 10 a.m., Holifield Park, Norwalk. Details: (818) 957-0384.

SPECTATOR SPORTS / SATURDAY 31

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 1 p.m.; Minnesota at Angels, Edison Field, 7 p.m.

* TENNIS: Mercedes-Benz Cup, Los Angeles Tennis Center, 1 and 7:30 p.m.

* PRO BASKETBALL: Washington at Sparks, Great Western Forum, 7:30 p.m.; Fila Summer Pro League, Pyramid, 3 and 5:15 p.m.; high school all-star game, Pyramid, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Say No Classic Summer League, West L.A. College, 11 a.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Lake Elsinore at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Del Mar, thoroughbreds, first post, 2 p.m., featuring $150,000 San Clemente Handicap; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 6:30 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour, Irwindale Speedway, 7 p.m.; Nostalgia drag racing, Pomona Fairplex, 8 a.m.; SCRA sprint cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; USAC midgets, TQs, Bakersfield Speedway, Oildale, 7 p.m.; ARCA trucks, Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Speedway, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, 7:30 p.m.

* GYMNASTICS: Exhibitions: Gymnastics L.A., Baldwin Hills Mall; Broadway Gymnastics School, Pacific Park, Santa Monica, 1 p.m.

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PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* RUNNING: Five-kilometer Salsa Dash presented by Downtown Oxnard Merchants Assn., Plaza Park, Oxnard, 8 a.m., entry fee: $12 without souvenir tank top, $22 with tank top. Details: (805) 486-1251.

* BASKETBALL: Camp for boys and girls 6-14 hosted by Tyus Edney at Palisades High, 9 a.m., also Sunday. Details: (909) 396-7722.

SPECTATOR SPORTS / SUNDAY 1

* MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 1 p.m.; Minnesota at Angels, Edison Field, 5 p.m.

* TENNIS: Mercedes-Benz Cup, Los Angeles Tennis Center, 2 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: High Desert at Lake Elsinore, 5 p.m.; Rancho Cucamonga at San Bernardino, 5 p.m.

* PRO BASKETBALL: A Midsummer Night’s Magic celebrity and all-star games, Great Western Forum, 5 and 6:30 p.m. Fila Summer Pro League, Pyramid, 5:15 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Say No Classic Summer League, West L.A. College, 11 a.m.

* HORSE RACING: Del Mar, thoroughbreds, post time 2 p.m., featuring $400,000 Eddie Read Handicap; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 5:30 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: Nostalgia drag racing, Pomona Fairplex, 8 a.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays the Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of http://preview.nohib.com, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.